Background
Schneider, Edward Christian was born on August 21, 1874 in Wapello, Iowa, United States. Son of John George and Augusta J. (Bauersfeld) Schneider.
Schneider, Edward Christian was born on August 21, 1874 in Wapello, Iowa, United States. Son of John George and Augusta J. (Bauersfeld) Schneider.
Bachelor of Science, Tabor College, Iowa, 1897. Doctor of Philosophy., Yale, 1901. Doctor of Science, University of Denver, 1914.
Member of Parliament E., International Young Men’s Christian Association College, 1923. Doctor of Science, Colorado College, 1932.
Instructor chemistry, 1897-1899, professor biology and physiological chemistry, 1901-1903, Tabor College. Professor biology, 1903-1907, head professor, 1907-1919, Colorado College. Daniel Ayres professor biology, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1919-1944, retired June 1944.
John Jeffries award for contrbts. to aeromedicine Institute Aeronautical Sciences, 1942.
Author: Physiology of Muscular Activity, 1933, revised edition, 1939 revised (with P. K. Karpovick), 1948. Part Author: Report of Pike’s Peak Expedition, 1911. Manual of the Medical Research Laboratory, Air Service, publishing chiefly studies of the influence of high altitudes and low oxygen on mankind, aviation physiology, and effects of physical exercise and training.
Member and secretary board control Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut Physiologist in charge of department Medical Research Laboratory, Air Service, United States Army, and later, officer in charge same to August 1918. Member Medical Research Board Northern 1, American Expeditionary Force, August 1918-March 1919. Director physiology, School of Aviation Medicine, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, 1919-1926.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Education Association. Member American Physiological Society, American Society Biological Chemists, American Public Health Association, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society American Bacteriologists, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Elsie M. Faurote, June 24, 1902. Children: Edwin George, Marion Elsie (Mistress R. E. Joyce).